Duala Market Gets Huge Support From Japan Government

Monrovia, Liberia – Marketers and petty traders at the Duala Market on the Bushrod Island are to shortly see changes to their Market Building.

The good news comes after the Governments of Liberia
and Japan approved a grant of US$ 217,780.00 (two hundred seventeen thousand
seven hundred eighty) for the commencement of phase one of the Modern Duala
Market Project.

Phase one of the Modern Duala Market project for which
the grant has been approved will include, the fencing, lightening, construction
of reservoir and pit latrines.

The move is expected to be greeted with excitement from
the Duala Marketers as they have always complained about the dilapidating state
of the Market Building and poor sanitary conditions.

According to a Foreign Ministry release, the objective
of the Construction of a Modern Duala Market is to decongest the corridor for
the easy movement of goods and people and to also accelerate economic
activities in that part of Monrovia and surroundings.

The second phase of the project entails the
construction of a three story market building which will have a parking lot,
office space and a concrete garbage disposal site.

The Modern Duala Market will accommodate a little over
five thousand marketers.

The proposed Modern Duala Market will be financed by
the Japanese Counterpart Value Fund currently being managed and operated by the
Japanese Counterpart Valued Fund Secretariat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
in Monrovia.

Francis Pelenah Jr, is a practicing Liberian Journalist with over 18 years of experience across both the print and electronic media. He is 2019 graduate of Renmin University of China School of Communications and also holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Liberia. Currently he is the Chief Editor for the LNTV/Online Platforms.
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